>Having two control protocols is a botch. If you can't see that, then I >don't know what else to say.. Indeed. This is the central issue. Either: MIDI really *is* good enough, and we should be using MIDI everywhere in GMPI, or ... MIDI really is *not* good enough, in which case we need something that is. If the latter, then we don't want *two* control (data) protocols. --p ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Generalized Music Plugin Interface (GMPI) public discussion list Participation in this list is contingent upon your abiding by the following rules: Please stay on topic. You are responsible for your own words. Please respect your fellow subscribers. Please do not redistribute anyone else's words without their permission. Archive: //www.freelists.org/archives/gmpi Email gmpi-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx w/ subject "unsubscribe" to unsubscribe